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2010 Intl' Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry

2010 Intl' Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry

Includes over 60 presentations from TAPPI’s 5th annual nanotechnology conference included sessions covering Nanocelullosics and Nanocomposites, Market Opportunities for Forest Based Nanomaterials, Nanotech Coatings and New Nano-Enabled Functionalities, Computer Modeling of Cellulose Properties and Applications, Organized Structures & Interactions, Characterization Techniques, Interfacial Micromechanics, EU and North American Public Funding, Consumer Perception/Regulation & Nanotechnology Nanomaterials and Barriers, Nanocellulosics and the Biorefinery.

Keynote presentations by Hiroyuki Yano from Kyoto University, Japan, Andriy Kovalenko from University Of Alberta, Canada and Hadi Mahabad from Xerox Research Centre of Canada are also included. As an added bonus there are 20 poster presentations included that highlight technical and research advances.

Presented by TAPPI, this conference was held at the Dipoli Congress Centre in Espoo, Finland on September 27-29, 2010. Co-sponsors of the event were VTT, FP Innovations, Forest Service Department of Agriculture, and COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).